Claymore Securities, Inc.
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COMMON SHARES

DAILY DATA   as of 1/6/09
Closing Share Price  $6.80 
Closing NAV  $8.09 
Premium/(Discount)  (15.95%) 
52-Week Average Premium/Discount  (13.53%) 
Current Distribution Rate6  14.12% 
Daily Volume  71,428 
Quarterly Dividend Per Share1  $0.24000 
Ex-Dividend Date  11/12/08 
Payable Date  11/28/08 
52 Week High/Low Share Price2  $12.32/$4.62 
52 Week High/Low NAV2  $13.13/$5.70 
Intraday Trading Information  NYSE 

Data subject to change on a daily basis.

 

WEEKLY DATA   as of 1/2/09
Closing Share Price  $6.44 
Closing NAV  $7.94 
Closing Volume  36,224 
Premium/(Discount)  (18.89%) 
Distribution Rate  14.91% 
Total Managed Assets  $176,991,279 
Shares Outstanding  19,268,423 
Percent Leveraged   13.56% 

Data subject to change on a daily basis.

 

SEMI-ANNUAL DATA   as of 6/30/08
Fiscal Year-End  12/31 
Expense Ratio (Total Fund)5  1.27% 
Expense Ratio (Common Shares)5  1.27% 
Portfolio Turnover Rate4  15% 
Portfolio Manager  Madison Asset Management 
Investment Adviser  Claymore Advisors 

Data subject to change on a daily basis.

INCEPTION INFORMATION

Common Shares3
Inception Date July 27, 2004
NYSE Symbol MCN
NAV Symbol XMCNX
The Wall Street Journal  Listing MdsnClymrCvrd
CUSIP 556582104
Inception Share Price $15.00
Inception NAV $14.33

1 Dividend per share is subject to change on the ex-dividend date. The distribution amount may include net investment income, capital gains and/or return of capital. The distribution amount alone is not indicative of Fund performance.

2 Figures are based on market close.

3 Based on the prospectus information.

4 Not annualized

5 Expense ratio annualized

6 Latest declared quarterly dividend per share annualized and divided by the current share price. To the extent any portion of the current distribution is estimated to be sourced from something other than income, such as return of capital, the source would be disclosed on a Section 19a-1 letter located under the “Fund News” section of the “News & Literature” section of the Fund’s website. The distribution rate may include net investment income, capital gains and/or return of capital. The distribution rate alone is not indicative of Fund performance.

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE

The Fund’s primary investment objective is to provide a high level of current income and current gains, with a secondary objective of long-term capital appreciation. The Fund will pursue its investment objectives by investing in a portfolio consisting primarily of high-quality, large-capitalization common stocks that are, in the view of the Fund’s Investment Manager, selling at a reasonable price in relation to their long-term earnings growth rates. The Fund will, on an ongoing and consistent basis, sell covered call options to seek to generate a reasonably steady return from option premiums. There can be no assurance that the Fund will achieve its investment objectives.

The Fund will, under normal market conditions, allocate at least 80% of its total assets to an integrated investment strategy pursuant to which the Fund invests in a portfolio of equity securities and writes covered call options on a portion of the equity securities held in the Fund’s portfolio; pending investment in equity securities or as covered call options, the assets of the Fund allocated to its integrated investment strategy are held in cash or cash equivalents. (This new policy replaces the prior policy pursuant to which the Fund would allocate at least 80% of its total assets to covered calls).

The Fund will invest, under normal market conditions, at least 65% of its investments in equity securities in common stocks of large capitalization issuers that meet the Fund’s selection criteria. (This new policy replaces the prior policy pursuant to which the Fund would invest at least 65% of its total assets in common stocks of large cap issuers that meet the Fund’s selection criteria).

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

What is a call option?

What is a covered call writing strategy? Will the Fund write "naked calls"? Describe the differences between closed-end and open-end funds? What is the leverage percentage of the Fund?